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Biggest Award Robberies in Pro-Sports History
“Are you serious??!” “Wait….hold up, he won?” ” (Player X) did better than him, how dafuq did he win?!” Sound familiar? Well to all you sports fans out there I’m sure you’ve muttered these phrases at some point upon finding out a well deserving player was snubbed out of an award by a player that’s also very good but shouldn’t have won an award over him. “Well run yo trophy bruh, I gots ta have it”. We’ll take a look at some of the biggest robberies of awards in pro sports. I’m sure you have plenty of your own, so be sure to leave them in the comments section. Let’s…
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Crushing Championship Game 7 Losses
Here you have it – it’s do or die. The series is tied at three games a piece and winner-take-all game 7 is looming on the horizon. It doesn’t matter if it’s in the 1st round or the finals/World Series. If your team is the underdog going into the series, you sit thinking, hoping, and praying they can pull off the upset. If your team is the favorite, you’re worried, borderline frantic, and your nails have been reduced to nubs. You’re wondering to yourself: “How did this happen?”…. “What the f*ck is going on here?” Well, lets dissect some of the more crushing game 7 losses in sports history. LA…
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From Superstar to no Star: Athlete Careers That Were cut Short
“He’s going to be the next…..” “We have a future (fill in the blank) on our hands” “Wait until he hits his prime” “He’s a future Hall of Famer” These were many of the cliches’ that described athletes over the course of time. There have been many a high school/college phenoms that have come out and fizzled under the burden of injuries, miscalculated career-shortening moves, and the grueling perseverance it takes to succeed as an athlete. These athletes are ones that have that “what could have been, should have been” stigma. I didn’t include athletes that have passed away because we all know you can’t necessarily help that. However, the…
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Best Individual Sports Teams to Never Win a Title
There have been many heart breaking moments that sports fans have gone through: Your team missed a last second shot; the opposing team scores a winning touchdown in the closing seconds; losing a back and forth game in a close finish; or just simply getting blown out in a winner take all game. Nothing is more heart breaking than having your hometown team put up spectacular numbers, being the odds on favorite to win a championship and…. falling short. Here we go, with the best team to not win a title during that season. Some of these are truly gut wrenching and the list is in no particular order. (*…
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Top 5 Most Tortured Sports Cities
After winning the World Series in 2004, thus breaking their own 86 year title-less drought, the Boston Red Sox celebrated in the locker room. Pitcher Curt Schilling raised a bottle of champagne in the air & cried out “Why not us!?” Well, the cities home to these sports franchises have to be saying “Why Us?!” These are cities with teams that have long playoff droughts and/or never won a championship. 1. CLEVELAND Browns: After many ups and downs from the 1950’s through the 1970’s, they were on an upward trend through the early 80s’ peaking in 1986 going 12-4. The Cleveland Browns had a good offense and an even better defense. Their starting QB Bernie Kosar had…
